Improvement in ice-slides



W. GUTHRIE. I0e-S1id e.,

No.197,356. Patented Nov. 20,1877.

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WARDELLGUTHRIE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specif cation forniinglpart of Letters Page No- 197,356, dated November 20, 1877,; application: filed h November 11, 1816.

To all whom it mayconcern:

I I Be it known that 1, WARDELL GUTHRIE, of

the city of Ghicag0; n the county of Cook and I State of lllinoi's,hav.e invented anew and useful ImprovementinIce Slides; and dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the V accompanying drawings, andto theletters'of reference marked thereon. V 7

The object and purpose .of 'my invention is to provide a Ineansto facilitate the stowing' ofice in houses, &c."f" r 1 For the purpose of efi'ecting the object above indicated, I provide'a slide, A, formed in any of theus'ual forms, and on the underside, at I the endwhere the iceienters, Isecurea pad, circle, or pivot, B, ith teeth O, to 'hold itin place on the icewhile the other end is being swungaround from sideto side; and .atthe other I end, and at .theloearings through I the middle, I place shoes or runnersD D, to facilitate its movement from side to side, as above metal, as may be desired. I p

The operation will be simply tofllnove the slide on the runners from side to side, thus landing the ice at any pointndesired, instead of landing it all at one point and hauling it to the point desired, as now practiced.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ice-slide A, provided with the pivot B at one end, and runners D D at the other, whereby the delivery end may be swun g from side to side, substantially as described.

\ WARDELL GUTHRIE.

' Witnesses: a

D. W. POMEROY, I H. E. WEAVER.

indicated. These runners maybe of wood or 

